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where those notices had been served in a sum of £'118 2s. 3d.
with costs, and directed a stay of proceedings both as regards
payment of the amount allowed and costs until after the final
issue of the case, strongly intimating that in his opinion the
case was a proper one to be carried to the Court of Appeal.
The Council instructed their Solicitor to take the opinion of
the Court on the decision of the King's Bench Division.
Since the above was written, the Appeal of the Borough
Council has been heard by Lords Justices Vaughan Williams,
Stirling and Matthew, sitting in the Court of Appeal, when they
held unanimously that a pipe becomes a "sewer" within the
meaning of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, from
the point where it receives the rain water of two houses and
dismissed the Appeal with costs. Lord Justice Vaughan
Williams further expressed his opinion that the stack pipe
which conveyed the rain water from the roofs of two houses
was a "sewer."
The Council have resolved to submit a case for the opinion of
Counsel as to the prospects of success in an Appeal to the
House of Lords against the decision of the Court of Appeal.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT.
The following is a resume of the work done under the
Factory and Workshop Act in the Borough.
One hundred and seventy-one workshops have been placed
on the register, viz.:—
Laundries
37
Milliners and dressmakers
50
Bootmakers and repairers
20
Tailors
8
Cycle makers
7
Cabinet makers and upholsterers
10
Plumbers
3
Watchmakers
5
Van builders
2
Wigmakers
3
Builders
5
Locksmiths
2
Various
19
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